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Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Northern

Updated ~32 hr(s) ago.

691 species (+87 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Ostrich
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Yellow-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
Stone Partridge
Crested Francolin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Coqui Francolin
Ring-necked Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Blue Quail
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Scaly Spurfowl
Heuglin's Spurfowl
Clapperton's Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Little Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Afep Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Delegorgue's Pigeon
Columba sp.
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tambourine Dove
Turtur sp.
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
African Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Four-banded Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Kori Bustard
Denham's Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
bustard sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
White-crested Turaco
Hartlaub's Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
turaco sp.
Black-throated Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Standard-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sombre Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
African Rail
Corn Crake
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
African Finfoot
Gray Crowned-Crane
Black Crowned-Crane
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Eurasian Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Egyptian Plover
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Great Snipe
African Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Black-rumped Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
courser sp.
Rock Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
African Skimmer
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
tern sp.
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill
Hamerkop
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Scissor-tailed Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Gyps sp.
old world vulture sp.
Bateleur
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
snake-eagle sp.
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Red-necked Buzzard
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Augur Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
owl sp.
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Narina Trogon
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
woodhoopoe sp.
Black Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Hemprich's Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Jackson's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus sp.
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
kingfisher sp.
Red-throated Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
African Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Abyssinian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Green Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
tinkerbird sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Black-breasted Barbet
african barbet sp.
Cassin's Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eurasian Wryneck
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fox Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Red-headed Lovebird
Meyer's Parrot
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Gray Cuckooshrike
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Western Black-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Gray-headed Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
batis sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White Helmetshrike
African Shrike-flycatcher
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Lühder's Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Gray-green Bushshrike
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Emin's Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Yellow-billed Shrike
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern/Southern Fiscal (Common Fiscal)
Woodchat Shrike
shrike sp.
White-rumped Shrike
Piapiac
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
African Blue Flycatcher
White-shouldered Black-Tit
White-bellied Tit
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Yellow Penduline-Tit
African Penduline-Tit
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Red-winged Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
White-tailed Lark
Singing Bushlark
Mirafra sp.
Sun Lark
lark sp.
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
crombec sp.
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Eremomela
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
eremomela sp.
Red-winged Gray Warbler
White-chinned Prinia
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Black-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Gray Apalis
Karamoja Apalis
apalis sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Pale Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
prinia sp.
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Boran Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Red-pate Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers's Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Foxy Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Black-backed Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Upcher's Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Highland Rush Warbler
Bradypterus sp.
White-headed Sawwing
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
swallow sp.
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Northern Brownbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Leaf-love
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Green Hylia
Eurasian Blackcap
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Garden Warbler
African Hill Babbler
Barred Warbler
Brown Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat
Green White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
Brown Illadopsis
Rufous Chatterer
Brown Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Dusky Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Red-billed Oxpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Magpie Starling
Sharpe's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Splendid Starling
Superb Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
African Thrush
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Gambaga Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
African Gray Flycatcher
Muscicapa/Bradornis sp.
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
Cape Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Brown-chested Alethe
Yellow-breasted Forest Robin
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Common Nightingale
Semicollared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Little Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Heuglin's Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
White-fronted Black-Chat
Familiar Chat
Brown-tailed Chat
wheatear sp.
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Pygmy Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Purple-banded Sunbird
Shining Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
Fox's Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Compact Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
quelea sp.
Northern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Gray-headed Silverbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Abyssinian Crimsonwing
Gray-headed Nigrita
Gray-headed Oliveback
Black-faced Waxbill
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
waxbill sp.
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Zebra Waxbill
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Red-winged Pytilia
Brown Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Black-faced Firefinch
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Vidua sp.
Parasitic Weaver
House Sparrow
Shelley's Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Passer sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
White-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-fronted Canary
African Citril
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western Citril
Southern Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
West African Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Serinus sp.
Brown-rumped Bunting
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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